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Istenek És Hősök Ábrázolása Giovanni Boccaccio Genealogia Deorum Gentilium Című Művében DOI: 10.15774/PPKE.BTK.2015.009 PÁZMÁNY PÉTER KATOLIKUS EGYETEM BÖLCSÉSZET– ÉS TÁRSADALOMTUDOMÁNYI KAR Istenek és hősök ábrázolása Giovanni Boccaccio Genealogia deorum gentilium című művében Doktori (PhD) értekezés Készítette: Babics Zsófia 2015 Irodalomtudományi Doktori Iskola vezető: Dr. Szelestei Nagy László DSc Italianisztika Műhely Témavezető: Acél Zsuzsanna, PhD Armando Nuzzo, DSc I DOI: 10.15774/PPKE.BTK.2015.009 TARTALOMJEGYZÉK I. BEVEZETÉS ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 NÉHÁNY SZÓ A GENEALOGIA DEORUM MIBENLÉTÉRŐL, ILLETVE A JELEN DOLGOZAT CÉLKITŰZÉSEIRŐL ............ 1 A GENEALOGIA BOCCACCIO ÉLETÉBEN ............................................................................................................... 3 A mű keletkezése ............................................................................................................................................ 7 A GENEALOGIA CÉLJA – A PROOEMIUM ALAPJÁN ................................................................................................ 8 A MŰ SZERKEZETE .............................................................................................................................................13 Az egyes könyvek felépítése ..........................................................................................................................14 Az egyes fejezetek felépítése – Boccaccio módszere .....................................................................................15 BOCCACCIO FORRÁSAI .......................................................................................................................................18 BOCCACCIO MINT A HUMANISTÁK ELŐFUTÁRA ..................................................................................................22 A GENEALOGIA BIBLIOGRÁFIÁJA ........................................................................................................................27 II. A GENEALOGIA KÖNYVEINEK TARTALMA ........................................................................................39 NÉHÁNY SZÓ ELÖLJÁRÓBAN ..............................................................................................................................39 AZ EGYES FEJEZETEK ELHELYEZKEDÉSE A KÖNYVEKBEN ..................................................................................42 I. könyv .........................................................................................................................................................42 II. könyv ........................................................................................................................................................44 III. könyv .......................................................................................................................................................48 IV. könyv .......................................................................................................................................................50 V. könyv ........................................................................................................................................................54 VI. könyv .......................................................................................................................................................57 VII. könyv ......................................................................................................................................................61 VIII. könyv ....................................................................................................................................................66 IX. könyv .......................................................................................................................................................68 X. könyv ........................................................................................................................................................72 XI. könyv .......................................................................................................................................................76 XII. könyv ......................................................................................................................................................80 XIII. könyv ....................................................................................................................................................84 XIV. könyv ....................................................................................................................................................88 XV. könyv ......................................................................................................................................................89 NÉHÁNY DOLOG, AMIT MÁR A TARTALOMJEGYZÉKBŐL MEGTUDHATUNK .........................................................89 Boccaccio írásmódja ....................................................................................................................................89 A Genealogia nyelvezete ...............................................................................................................................93 Boccaccio aprólékossága, forráshasználata, és a belőlük adódó következtetések .......................................94 A megsokszorozott istenek ..........................................................................................................................105 III. „GENEALOGIA DEORUM GENTILIUM ET HEROUM EX EIS IUXTA FICTIONES VETERUM DESCENDENTIUM”- ISTENEK ÉS HŐSÖK BOCCACCIO GENEALOGIÁJÁBAN .............................107 A KEZDET .........................................................................................................................................................108 ISTENEK ...........................................................................................................................................................112 Mercuriusok ................................................................................................................................................112 Mercurius primus ................................................................................................................................................... 112 Mercurius secundus ................................................................................................................................................ 115 Mercurius tertius .................................................................................................................................................... 116 A két Napisten, akiknek mindkettejüknek van Phaetusa nevű lányuk .........................................................117 Bacchus (Liber, Dionysus) .........................................................................................................................119 Bacchus .................................................................................................................................................................. 119 Dionys(i)us ............................................................................................................................................................. 120 Dionys(i)us (secundus) ........................................................................................................................................... 121 Ceres és Proserpina ...................................................................................................................................122 Proserpina prima ................................................................................................................................................... 123 Ceres prima ............................................................................................................................................................ 123 Ceres, dea frugum .................................................................................................................................................. 124 HŐSÖK .............................................................................................................................................................131 A Tartarusban bűnhődő „hősök” – morális magyarázatok a bűnök kapcsán ............................................131 A Danaidák ............................................................................................................................................................. 132 Tantalus .................................................................................................................................................................. 133 Ixion kereke és Sisyphus sziklája ............................................................................................................................ 134 I DOI: 10.15774/PPKE.BTK.2015.009 A gőgjük miatt büntetett hősök ...................................................................................................................135 Lycaon .................................................................................................................................................................... 135 Semele .................................................................................................................................................................... 137 Niobe 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